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Medicines · 22 May 2026 · 2 Min Pharmacies urge patients to keep medicines away from high temperatures as heatwave hits UK
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Regulations · 21 May 2026 · 3 Min Investigation finds online pharmacies sold weight loss jabs based on false information
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Sustainability · 20 May 2026 · 2 Min Pharmacy academics tackle medicines water pollution in £1.2m project
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Policy · 20 May 2026 · 3 Min CCA report calls on Labour to add acute headaches and migraine to Pharmacy First
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Public health · 18 May 2026 · 1 Min Local commissioning of pharmacy smoking cessation in England will improve, says LGA
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Policy · 14 May 2026 · 1 Min Streeting resigns as health secretary as PM accused of leadership ‘vacuum’
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Public health · 14 May 2026 · 1 Min Alcohol-specific deaths in UK fell to lowest level for three years, reveals ONS
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Public health · 13 May 2026 · 1 Min Children as young as 11 received weight loss jabs at obesity clinics in England
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Digital & technology · 13 May 2026 · 1 Min Legislation for single patient record to go before parliament in Labour reform bill
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Integrated care · 11 May 2026 · 1 Min Uncertainty with GP and pharmacy contracts a concern, says ICB chief pharmacist
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Services · 07 May 2026 · 1 Min Pharmacy First challenges: NHS 111 ‘referring dog bites and malaria patients’
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Public health · 01 May 2026 · 1 Min Pharmacies delivered over 230,000 Pharmacy First consultations in Devon last year
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Medication safety · 28 Apr 2026 · 1 Min Sertraline batch recalled after pack found containing citalopram
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Public health · 24 Apr 2026 · 1 Min Government embarks on meningitis drive in Dorset after discovery of three cases
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Medicines · 21 Apr 2026 · 1 Min Pharmacies in Wales supply medicines ordered by optometrists
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Immunizations · 17 Apr 2026 · 1 Min ‘Localised approach not enough’: New meningitis outbreak in Dorset
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Preventative medicine · 15 Apr 2026 · 1 Min Maximum weekly Wegovy dose to be available as a single injection
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Regulations · 13 Apr 2026 · 1 Min ‘Not genuine’: eBay takes down over 200 erectile dysfunction drug listings
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